Riviera Maya..the views

The place we stayed was called the Riu, Riviera Maya...very nice place, it looked like a palace from the outside. When we checked in Dad asked the guy if we could get rooms all near each other. In order to do this, he "had" to upgrade Mom and Dad's room to a HUGE suite with a staircase on the outside with two balaconies, and a jacuzzi. This also came with an AMAZING view. 

A view from Mom and Dad's room

Another view from Mom and Dad's room

The outside hot tub on their balcony 

Another view from their balcony 

The spiral staircase to the upper level..Dad makes a nice prop to the picture :)

MEXICO...

Mom and Dad took the whole family to MEXICO for some quality time together on the beach! Two years ago we all went, and that was when Ben and I got engaged. This time we brought our little buddy :) We had an uneventful trip down which was quite nice. It was a bit cloudy and windy the first afternoon, but the next couple days were simply perfect! 

We built sand castles, although not as many as last time due to the construction they started doing to the beach while we were there. Nevertheless, it was fun while it lasted and we enjoyed our time in the sand by the ocean. I'll put up more pics of the sand castles...it is amazing how many people stopped to admire the artwork (I cannot claim credit..but Ben definitely can!).

 

Too bad, so sad

What is going on??? Uncle Mitch doing the Vikings song after a touchdown. Too bad they didn't win...but we had fun watching the game anyway. The whole fam went to Mom and Dad's to watch it and we had a "super bowl" supper. 

Hanging with Gpa and Gma

Little paw, big paw

Relaxing with Gpa

Playing with Gma

Go Vikings go!

Just in case you didn't know yet..the VIKINGS won last Sunday! We were all pretty pumped, and we all sported our Vikings outfits. Christian was super happy about the big win, and hoping for them to win this coming Sunday against the Saints..so they can go to the Super Bowl!

Check up on Grandpa H.

Last Thursday we took a short trip up to Topeka to check in on Phil since he's been home from the hospital. We brought supper and stayed through the evening. It was good to see him at home and on the mend. It was good to see Diana and Sam too :) I didn't realize both Christian and Ben had KU attire on..obviously had to take a picture.

Sneaky little boy

Christian discovered his feet the beginning of this week. It has helped him tip from side to side much easier. Yesterday morning he was SO close to rolling over, it looked actually harder to not finish the roll over. I had just laid him down while I went downstairs to put laundry in the washer..and I came back up to find the little stinker had done it! He was so funny..when I said "Christian, what did you do when Mommy wasn't here??" He just SMILED so big, so proud of himself :) Anyway, haven't seen him do it since, but I'm sure this is the beginning of him getting around everywhere!

(So lazy after rolling over back to front...5 months old)